but build a cigna can no longer pay its bills. using titles, i think the rise of cigna began around the year 2000. at that time, vanco acquired numerous properties and desirable locations at 1st in austria, and then internationally. since 2019, the company has owned the i clinics, chrysler building in new york, cigna. it has also been active and retail since 2013 when bank co took over germany's trouble department store chain costs. that until recently, the group had steaks and retailers in switzerland and the u. k. well, bank who is considered media shy if you maintain strong contact and also for you and politics and politicians that now down playing the effects of the companies bankruptcy. these degree had said it's important that the financial institutions remain stable, beautiful, that it's done. uh then it will become interesting for austria as a destination for investment, but it looks low balance for now. and that's the most important thing in this situation. also, this is gabby and jesse to tell me, it's my, the beast exte

cigna is a major insurer of company, disability, families.e buying back its stock in a big way. back to you. haidi: su keenan with the latest. we are -- this is how we are setting up ahead of a big week for global central banks. about 60% of the economy is covered by some major policy decisions made as we close out 2024. the big question. when and why to cut rates? we will be facing that especially for the likes of the fed given how rapid market repricing have been. citibank -- citibank futures pulling back from earlier got gained at least .1% to the upside. the aussie dollar software, 6574. the trajectory is tilted upside there. expecting 70 going into next year for the aussie dollar. alongside of the weakness we expect to see continue in the greenback coming off of really the rally of the past year or so. as the fed potentially begins to sound more dovish in communication. we are seeing kiwi stocks down by about .1%-.2%. chicago nikkei futures trading pretty positive, .5 percent at the upside and we are watching dollar-yen as well. when it

how to play into cigna's thinking?rystal: all m&a deals are about price and we were told by sources that it would be a good strategic fit and could get through regular hurdle which is a concern with mergers & acquisitions. ultimately, it couldn't get there in terms of value and price. end of the reaction of the stock after the story broke also put this to a pause. we were told of deal is no longer going ahead as of now, but the company, cigna, increased its buyback by $10 billion. so there should be more action there and they are as of now still going through with some of their asset divestiture. it is interesting to see what they will do with the capital they have on hand. sonali: bloomberg's crystal tse, thank you for your time. let's bring in vice-chairman of banking. if you look at what happened to cigna, you think of the investor appetite for companies to do deals, are they willing to foot the bill here given that we have seen such muted reaction in the first place? >> thank you. nice to see you again. the investo

purchase of humana, not as a merger of equals or not even as humana buying cigna and cigna paying aig dividend. those approaches might have got an bit more support, but not just cigna outright buying humana. that is what they were pursuing. that is what they are no longer pursuing, deciding instead to increase their share buyback, aggregate increase of $10 billion in incremental share repurchase, and $5 billion of that is going to happen fairly quickly, by the end of the first half of 2024. executed some of it via an accelerated share repurchase program. that will be conducted in the first quarter of 2024. all of which is having a positive impact on shares of cigna, which were down some 15-plus percent since news of these talks first surfaced, and you can see right there, it is rebounding almost or taking back a lot of the losses that have taken place over these last trading sessions as at least the possibility of this deal was out there. as for humana, cigna seemed to be the only potential real buyer there. they're not midst of what will be a ceo transition at the insurer. they're

come to an agreement on financial terms cigna stock had plummeted 8% back on november 28 and the wallurnal reported the merger last night the journal broke the news that cigna has decided to walk away and focus on smaller acquisitions the company will plan an additional $10 billion work worth of stock buyback investors are happier with that cigna is up 17% in humana down 1%, the annual reshuffling has been announced for the nasdaq, 100 doordash, mongo and cdw are going to be added to the index they're all moving higher, the three year replacing aligned technology, ebay and in phase energy the changes are effective to market open on december 18 jd.com, lucid group and zoom video communication are also getting booted out of the index. we have it down with jd.com, lucid, zoom in ebay moving higher let's look at eli lilly dropping closer to the s&p after a study found patients on mounjaro substantially regained weight a year after stopping the drug the study was published by the journal of the american medical association the stock is getting a hit of 2.5% there is no doubt that taking ob

cigna healthcare acquiring sigma health care.gma one of the biggest on the australian index. >>> and nvidia will support training for a.i. and digital infrastructure teams. this marks the latest investment into the vietnam for nvidia. it is providing $250 million in cloud, auto and healthcare. the comments coming during the ceo's first trip to vietnam. >>> and biytedance is resuming the tiktok operations in southeast operation after the authorities banned online shopping on social media platforms. tiktok will take a controlling stake with the deal expecting to close in the first quarter of next year. >>> ahead on the show, the one word investors need to know today, plus why ours goldilocks appe appearance. we'll have more after this. trading at schwab is now powered by ameritrade, giving traders even more ways to sharpen their skills with tailored education. get an expanding library filled with new online videos, webcasts, articles, courses, and more - all crafted just for traders. and with guided learning paths stacked with cont

cigna scrapped its massive merger plans with humana . reuters says the deal could have exceeded $60 billion in value but the health insurers cannot agree on a final price tag. so cigna said it will buyback $10 billion worth of shares. >>> if you're looking to pick up a christmas tree, the guardsman is hosting their annual tree lot in san francisco. they are celebrating 75 years of offering trees of all sizes and there was a mission. it raises money for at risk kids in the bay area. shawn chitnis of the latest on the annual tradition and how you can be part of it. >> reporter: trim, tied up and tucked in deep inside the festival pavilion you are likely to find the right tree for you at the guardsman lot. from smaller options to get into studio apartments, to eight tall showstopper that will make a statement in your home, they have many. >> we have comedy night. we have a christmas market. >> reporter: the money raised from these trees, part of the largest and oldest charity event helps to pay for at risk kids going to camp, afterschool pr

devon, cigna, walgreen's. what is the common. >> they have?hey're in similar industries but a common theme they have? >> absolutely. they're returning money to shareholders. they're doing extremely friendly to shareholders actions and they have been doing that for decades. walgreens, 49-point% dividend. they have increased that 54 years in a row. they are dividend aristocrat. they continue to buy back stock that is good news. cigna scrap ad a merger with humana. they're saying add that to the stock buyback. charles: let me be devil's advocate. walgreens, the overall performance has not been great year-to-date. is there a stock where the principle outweighs a dividend. >> certainly a bad move at the start of the year, but i think there is potential opportunity. look at pole position they have. 75% of americans are within five miles of its stores. one of due oop poly with cvs in terms of drugs. here is the wild card, no one is talking about, a great bite of amazon. amazon wants to get into primary care. walgreen's is getting into it. ample son w

today's rebound in cigna shares. now sources say the companies could not come to agreement on the frprice and financial sterm. cigna announced yesterday it plans additional $10 billion of stock buybacks related to that pop in the stock as well. it is a $75 billion market cap. significant buyback. >>> meantime, mike, thank you. the news over the weekend and talked about is liz magill resigning on saturday over criticism of the testimony at the congressional hearing which we talked about on "squawk box." she struggled to answer the question of calling for the genocide of jews. she will remain the tenured faculty member as she steps down. the chairman of the board of trustees, scott bok, will also step down. he runs green hill investment bank which has been taken over by mura at the moment. lots of questions of what comes next at harvard which is having a board meeting. it may have that meeting bleed into today over its own president. the president also at m.i.t. and how she responded. that board has publicly supported

the morning mover, cigna, cigna is surging after calling off plans to merge with humana.to agree on price. cigna announcing a stock buyback of $10 billion, the stock is down 22% in the last year, humana down 6%. we got news on macy's this morning, getting a $5.8 billion buyout offer, we've got that coming up in the word on wall street. quick break and why one capitol hill lawmaker says the ccp is paying more attention to our southern border than our own federal administration, coming up. then president trump says he will not be testifying in his new york fraud trial today. we've got the reason coming up. stay with us. ♪ your love, your love, your love is my drug you. ♪ your love, your love, your love. ♪ your love, your love, your i've is my drug. maria: this week on "mornings with maria," tomorrow, we're spotlighting the top young conservatives who are making a difference. outkick superstar tommy later ran on why she is taking a stand on social issues that matter most to americans. wednesday, from congressional candidate to maga spokesperson, carolcare levin on her conser

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cigna had offered cash and stock and if you put these insurers together yet one that can rival cvs or140 billion but deals are hard to come by by these days, minus the oil patch we will get to that later we have high interest rates and a lot of anti-regulatory scrutiny, this would apparently not happening. stuart: a $10 billion stock buyback. >> it works every time. tesla is trying to figure out what could be a record quarter, what are they doing to make it a record quarter. >> major incentives as we close out the year this is not just price cuts is throwing in extra perks like six months of free supercharging that could be worth $900, all in kelley blue book says these incentives amount to 8% of the overall transaction price, the average industrywide is 5%. elon musk has a goal 1.8 million cars and 2023 which means he is about 500,000 remaining. he has a ways to go. i see this as a positive, it's an incentive it is not a price cut entirely suggesting that the margins may have bottomed for tesla which means profits are going up from here. >> i'm reading elon musk book by walter isaacs

when the cigna news broke out, cigna was thinking of acquiring it. they sold humana.his is going nowhere for two years while the ftc sues them to prevent it. so the stock sold off. major selloff, about 10% which is major for this kind of stock. then when the news of cigna came out, saying we're not doing this, they perceived to sell down again. what do people want? in the meantime i think it's relatively inexpensiveinexpensi. it's predictable growth. very reasonable purchase here. it'll catch up. it'll always trade a discount to unh but it'll catch up somewhat. down here you've taken most of the risk out. >> are you still basking in the liesman glow? >> i think liesman should be on 20 minutes and i should be on 40. the yeah. >> you're on for the hour. >> he's the smartest guest we have. >> i mean on camera for 40. >> they might be ready for liesman for that. >> not me? >> don't get over your skis. >>> rio, jenny, you own it. best in class balance sheet. this is what jpm says with minimal debt and substantial capital head room. >> this is in our international income st

in this case was cigna, it is clear, use the money for something else. give it back to shareholders, sherry, purchases, which is what they're trying to do, anything but telling what the shareholders perceived to be perhaps not a great price. >> this is really the big story if you have got a discretionary cash, use it prudently to invest in the business or do buybacks and dividends and so forth, and that's when indeed they seem ready to do. this deal might not have even made it through antitrust scrutiny, might not have come herb? >> what deal is going to make it through antitrust right now? that is the big issue. obviously, any of these big deals, that is what is getting in the way. but look, i think one of the interesting things is when you look at this from a balancing perspective, there is a great start out there, net interest payments by corporations are at their lowest level since the 1970s, that is because of all the big refinancing. and we have early on, when cash was free, but now you have got this mix of companies that look good, and other compa

cigna a scrapped massive merger plans are humana.have exceeded $60 billion but the health insurers could not agree on a price. cigna says it will buy back $10 billion worth of shares. >>> two way baseball player shohei ohtani is now the highest paid athlete after a huge monster contract with the new team. the star pitcher and hitter came to terms with dodgers for ten years, $700 million. he is switching to national league after winning two mvp awards in the american league as member of the angels. i know you have been watching this closely with fingers crossed hoping he would join the giants and he decided to stay in los angeles. >> that's a lot of money. >> it's a lot of money that i don't know if they will see that much value out of the player. >> 70 million a year. >> can you imagine? >> crazy. >> that's how much they pay us here. >> what's that? >> joking. >> of course. >> i negotiated a stiff contract. >> let's look outside at what's going on. we are off to a clear start in the santa clara valley. a live look from our black moun

cigna announcing a stock buyback of $10 billion. shares of cigna 22% over the last year. stocks moving higher in the premarket can. and finally, maria, i think you're going to like this story. long lives have gone to the dogs literally. a drug that could possibly extend the life of large breed dogs closer to getting fda approval. loyal, the biotech company behind the drug, announcing last week that this is the move by the fda, there's 25 million large breed dogs in the us. the drug is lloy001. it may slow down age related processes for dogs 40 pounds or more. it could be a great first step in extending the lives of our babies, i call them our fur babies as you know. maria: i love it. thank you so much, cheryl. president biden's approval rating continues to sink even lower, a new wall street journal poll puts biden at a new low of 37% that same poll finds president trump currently leading biden by 4 points to 47% to biden's 43%. that is in a hypothetical 2024 rematch. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is holding a lead over biden, she's up 17 points on biden when placed h

yeah, so 7 october like now the cnn toyota is lowest bank cigna. cigna front is if its collision as the lights routine or if it with the, with the bank to see if it was a thousands. and if you do, scabs, um the significant lots have been just for the night that the simplest, also joined. di, different, both uh, cushions. i gotta somebody, she knows, as i said was attack and got us, but i'm gonna show you something. so yeah, it's off. now bruce, as well as in general and the 2nd video was to associates. so the soon as you list this situation to do to that they're going to send over something. what are the best of doing his meeting with us? instead, i'm trying to think of just a bit of an engine. i just this do it, but i show is the use of the stuff that everybody's collision is always the bank by the way, from us it today. i thought on the students here in romanella, you bought this a bit in a mass, it was a solution i get. and so exactly with guys i gave us the also that is very skittish and those bank, uh, this is a message station will take your best off. but if i did, but i afternoon

. >> this deal, huna-cigna, was that just a trialloon?ere whei talked about it yesterday. >> it was great in that you had. >> i haven't heard anything. you would have thought at this point if cigna were going to say, we're not doing this, they would have made that clear. they haven't, and i think, as i said, there's a lot of concern and question as to how they would structure the deal as cigna, a buyer given the multiple disparities, cigna trades at a far lower multiple than does humana, not to mention, of course, the regulatory review, which will extraordinarily difficult. so, what would ban enormous al, by the way, at least reported on by the talks in the "wall streetournal." we have heard nothing since. >> the core ement ofhat lina khan thinks is that these deals are bad. almost a deals are bad, she says in one of her interviews, but david, the idea is, you need as many competitors as possible. period. and this is anti-competive. now, they'll tell you it's not, it's -- it helps the consumer, but that -- she's not thinki about the consu

in gemini, is ready to lie to extend the civil society of cooperation across the border and to set cigna also in terms of remembrance of policy to get a withholding our in to 10 suits economic and sign to freak relations, pay a very important role, particularly in the regents close to the board. and i'm particularly pleased to welcome the usually elected pony's prime minister in the weeks to come here and not only in our corporation with phone and also when it comes to the european town. said russia. what if a crash progression against ukraine is at the focus of the integrations as well, which has been waging for 20 years, or most remains being the central security policy challenge for our country and why in the end, every day, i'm deeply impressed by what the ukrainians so which is like most of them, it cheating when russia invaded ukraine february 2022. they ukraine has liberated a half of the occupied persons, the black sea fleet that has lost its control over the parts of the backseat. $200.00 freight vessels were able to bring grains and sun for it was on point flour or sunflower wh

making another attempts to foster the resolution on forcing the fighting and guys of the white house of cigna that had made back the initiative put forward by out of the states. the vote has been repeatedly delayed as diploma. and how good over the wording, the data soft costs for the suspension of opportunities between israel and how much which many can make which many can country is considered as a tentative school. israel has been under increasing pressure from its allies to protect somebody and into unity for this and political demands are ongoing. that's good for them. this from the w. washington go to safety and it's for the good for you in us. did you want to see has been debating this resolution for days now? why is it taking so long to reach a consensus to be fair and initially i think we has to mention the member states of the and has their own national interest to consider when they're working on a ceasefire. that's always the case. however, in this particular situation of the united states and israel and has been relatively isolated in the decision to oppose this cease fire in nev

it will be added to the expert scripts and cigna healthcare. insurance is going to pay for zepbound and it is $300 less per month. which one you think he will back? this is important news. what happens, stock is down. six points for heaven sake. i said, go buy the darn stock. but the client was insane and then to hundred dollars and that is all she wrote. >> now this has been liked by endless issues involving currency fluctuations versus the strong dollar. ever times it seems like there is an earnings break outcome the strong dollar webs it. so what did the company do today? proctor decided to take matters into its old hands. as the cfo pointed out, "when you think about places like nigeria and places like argentina, it is very difficult for us to create value and difficult to operate because of the macroeconomic environment. so they minimize exposure to these countries being obliterated by the strong dollar and risking $450 million in annual sales. so take the charge. we have been hoping it would do just this. what happens? the stock fell 3.5%

cigna dropped 8% on wednesday. wall street journal" first reported the potential cash and stock deal. if the merger between the two massive insurers were to go through, it would be a massive shake-up for the health care sector. this as health insurance premiums we all pay continue to go in one direction, up. maybe a complete disruption of the insurance company will come from this: let us show you something that is not a scene from "star wars", it's what's called a care pod made by the med tech company forward. you step inside and artificial if intelligence then scans your vital as and even helps you draw blood for a.i. to examine it, assess it all for a price way lower than most current insurance premiums. in a fox business exclusive, forward founder and ceo adrian -- is here to invite us inside the care pod. adrian, we'll get to the price in a moment because that's what i hear all our viewers saying, how much does this cost. but what the care pod is, describe it, what it does and how it works to give people, i gue

cigna is reportedly now shifting its efforts toward a smaller acquisition.we take a live look at what's happening at the new york stock exchange. we're up, but just barely, about 17 points. >> heads up. if you want a tesla, a new software update is coming this week. it will allow tesla cars to call 911 auto automatically if the vehicle's airbags are deployed in a crash. support for apple podcasts and updated parking assistance will be added as well. >> a new home for a little sea otter rescued in alaska. >> he is now living in chicago. the pup was found alone in late october by the alaska sealife center, chicago's shedd aquarium is now caring for the otter. officials say he will stay in the sea otter nursery until he's ready to join the other otters at the aquarium. they believe the pups are about eight weeks old, weighs 10 pounds. the aquarium says he is receiving around the clock care. oh, my goodness. formula from a bottle. and he gets a few small pieces of clam every few hours. this is too cute. >> oh, that is one of the cutest things i've ever seen in m

the bank's problems stem from the fact that it became one of the largest creditors of the cigna reale group, which received a loan of 606 million swiss francs. it's more. million dollars. at the end of november, the developer declared bankruptcy. immediately after this, the bank's shares collapsed by 20%. in argentina, it will be possible to pay with cryptocurrencies, the country’s ministry of foreign affairs reported. it will be possible to make payments in other ways, including through in-kind exchange. we confirm that in argentina it will be possible to conclude contracts in bitcoin, as well as in any other cryptocurrencies or, for example, in kilograms of beef in liters. milk, according to article 766, the debtor is obliged to provide the appropriate amount, regardless of whether this currency is considered legal tender in the republic or not. the government of new president javier meley has been working in argentina for almost 2 weeks. after taking the oath, he promised the country shocking reforms, including the abandonment of the national currency in favor of the american doll

. >> we didn't get a chance to talk to you yesterday about cigna, humana, macy's. >> it turned out cigna very much like the hindenburg. that was very ill fated and ill advised. lake hrs, new jersey, where it crashed. >> not the excellent research firm. macy's, obviously, real estate play. here's something interesting. pennsylvania realty, preit, one of the oldest, one of the oldest reits, filed bankruptcy for a second time yesterday, because it's not clear how much their malls are worth, except for the a mall, cherry hill mall, and i don't know whether you can really monetize the malls. i also -- i have to tell you, tony spring is coming in and he's from bloomingdale's. you want a shot here, but there's a feeling you can keep bloomies and keep them or sell them and sell the real estate. it seemed a little, let's say, out of the norm to see these two firms suddenly emerge given the fact real estate, they have tried to monetize the real estate before and it hasn't really worked. >> we talked about it yesterday. years ago that starboard, which has a pretty good track record on many things.

this is how the minstrels hall should look again. 5 which is pretty estimating cigna, so when i was 1st and dimensions whole to make the offer, this is the image i had with make one. yeah. so it's really, if you take the light alone and how it reflects off the gold yet, or how the color, so your interact with the sculptures into someone within this group is really fascinating. this one is certainly see a 1st thing in the system right now. the scaffolding is taking a lot of the lightning, so the impacts of the sparkle is a bit reduce. i'm so is it, it does get in the it's 6 pm time for i mean, long to close up shop. you want something. okay . you pay and the stress has increased a lot in the last 30 years with more tourists, more souvenirs and longer opening hours. but it will all be over in a month. i mean, long is retiring. got 10 feet long, a 109 bodies in my house calling for decades. and i've been setting up my shop in the morning, so i'm in cleaning it in the evenings on the time coming to see light on people come and want something then and hold me up also. and that's annoying. so

well, it's really difficult to assess a china is performance because it's sending so mix cigna. so if you look at china investments into renewables and it's really impressive and on a global scale, it's unprecedented. i give you just 2 examples of the predictions for this year. 2023 of that. you know, china will invest in total 70 percent more and renewables than the european union end. the u. s. combined. and also electric motor mobility. china is needing by 5 by, you know, 2025. more than half of the newly sold v codes will be electric. but if you ask me, is it enough? i think it's only enough as china will manage to decrease its high energy demand and that is not happening yet. so i would say, even despite that really impressive investment into renew, but we're not where we should be at this point. how can we understand the contradiction that china well investing heavily and renewable energy is also building a record number of nuclear power plant? yeah, that's a big contradiction. and if you ask the government here, why are you know, building so many new coal power plants? i

and because it's all virtue cigna like i know, actual policy roadmap that's being followed on this issue. individual european leaders are popping off with their own heart, takes often contradicting each other in the process, which is exactly what borderline said the needs to avoid. well, when it came to you pregnant ladies, she was always talking about that meeting to speak with one voice. whatever happens to that, it doesn't seem like european leaders want that one voice to be hers though, so they're all doing their own thing. it's kind of like year old vision for seeing political talking points to see who can be the defacto voice of the blog. it's team unity fight club with countries like austria in germany. more pro is real on one side and ireland and spain, more pro palestinian on the other. the all of that ship out every 2 days summit earlier this month. which is the question what this plan also even represent, you know, that's who is she even speaking for besides herself, it's not for the rest of the clouds in the tad who are all just doing their own thing. really just chaos could

like for that stupid 11 on about the same time it, the, it gave cigna is too many. i mean that then the whole not to expand the scope of the confrontation and to 11 on because this would so that the uh to lead to add the general war. and this is a now to come to the united states is trying to avoid because of its impact not only on the u. s. or just spread on uh, tons of, uh, military bases throughout the middle east. but at the same time, this would affect the oil prices uh, the worldwide, and this would uh, eventually have a deep impact on the uh, on the west and uh, societies um, mainly on the united states at the time when joe biden is planning to it on for elections? yeah, it's interesting. you know, a lot of people, i'm curious myself included about how closely connected all the lebanese got is or is 11 years ago. i'm his blog and particularly in the circumstances as well. of course, that has always been discarded between the lebanese government on one hand has will on its allies. on the other hand, this division or on unified national stance has been the case

another is riley strikes me the headquarters of the palestinian red cross and cigna som unit. the i'm sammy's i them, this is i'll just say are live from dell hall. so coming up in less than 3 months of war as well as killed, more than $21.00. 1100 palestinians this now and leasing more death and destruction in central and southern gaza. forced to flee as again as riley issues. fresh evacuation orders and central gaza un monetary unseen coals, the strip human chessboard. when we begin in gaza, where the is riley ministry has been expanding its bombing and ground operations across the street in the southern city of con eunice. the area around the hospital is being shelled. well that hospital is run by the palestine by present society. this is the 2nd time in as many days as well as targeted to groups, facilities, least 20 people were killed and the injury to being transported to the nearby. and also the hospital earlier and central guys are 5 palestinians were killed in his right of the strike on his school and the policy refugee camp. and it is vice women and children. the she

and some of the find a cigna population lead sort of hoping they would find safety and drop off. unfortunately, they didn't find it. and most of the police are staying in that area. for instance, i've tried numerous people who are awesome. most people i'm to, i'm off the area and very with people decided to stay in those areas nearby. the areas that are identified as part of the feed by the, on the so people, most of the people are say, some of the people are moving and photos are, collections are subject to, to the ongoing payable button. and so they would proceed in just like yesterday they received also from austin to people and i'm on the 17 area in between 5 and it's under 5. so we'll start off or hire yet. i've been out of the neighborhood, which is dr. new to us to move to a higher looks like i the, is the plan according to the findings on the grounds and according to the law says, and when they do that, so you want a lot of parts of the population. they want the latter part of the religion out of can you start off and they plan something eventually to ensure that the is n

or cigna, we must have the book a don't want that will consider the additional budgets and that you can reach which will be increased, but was it so they would do it. this will lead to increased supplies as well as the other for that we also need to think about the future just given the delivery booting by developing or digital in the complex e. b, we lost the future proof of systems. now, robots complexes combat lysis, not in the visual intelligence enables systems and weapons on the new physical principles. the sat important task, virginia. yep. it was with just the wish you could provide. and the way you says it's timely, the supplies to the truth is, are taken fine. and the operation of mutual only say the coordination council way not. but i'm gonna put this together in terms of the working groups which are kind of low chamber of maybe to duplicate at the trade commission. and if it is the oldest snapshot we took this problem of their hands and we are seeing progress issue for the 2 bedroom, the pretty pretty it wouldn't have in the near to obtain the trans surprises and the related

for example, they might not be able to see if someone is cigna led to them and documents regarding my daughters and sons, all 3, i took care of them. i treat them however one treats their kids when they used to boma. so withdrawal kids say, oh look it's sunday or i say is going to rain just so they don't get scared with this out. meanwhile in central, gosh, i've listening whether it's just compounding the problems that refugees are facing . i'm in the deepening humanitarian crisis, a heavy down polls a just making life odda, these images are released by the un relief and worked agent. see showing palestinians and makes shift tens. look at that right. the just drenched and rain and might be able to help a lot of refuge account people that describe the conditions as a very wiring of the own loan bed. a shift. yes. shoot that yesterday the trend heavily of the town. so slow that we don't have any additional clouds or choose to change the course. oh, there's only substitute onto the rubble follow destroyed houses, and what did the poor children do to freeze in such cold weather as sleep o

me go out of control like what the minister steves for associated with that process and like what a cigna coverage on the 9th of nations go to set down, dieting give that to you. if you're saying a good thing kind of time, now my duties, i think that i saw must send a very clear message to somebody that is totally the intellect accede in targets. and thought that even they run into this inside city. and why? because if you are talking about here, i mean targets in, in photos of course, august are working. you see the, and the mission of the cnn news due to me and the apartment the same as our sons. and so it is that i has in the light to bomb any pearson for any subject shop or any military tours inside the city in 2 days, because that should be considered the, the big relation of the students are pregnancy. okay, moving the program all know onto the balkans were approved testers. in serbia have begun camping out on the streets of the capital calling for the recent parliamentary election results to be overturned. that's up to the official italy showed a victory by the president's ruling p

for example, they might not be able to see if someone is cigna led to them and darkness regarding my daughters and sons, all 3, i took care of them. i treat them however one treats their kids when they used to boma. so withdrawal kids say, oh look, it's sunday or i say is going to rain just so they don't get scared that. meanwhile, in central garza, worsening weather has compounded the problem is that refugees are facing and may the deepening humanitarian crisis, heavy down, pause the worse ending. it will show you some images released by the un relief and works agency a showing despite the palestinians and make shift tents drenched in rain and months . just the d a l. ball out. if you g come people to describe the conditions as catastrophic on my own bed, a shift. yes, shoot that yesterday, the trend heavily of the task flooded. we don't have any additional clouds of shoes to change the course. oh, the zoning, substitute onto the rubble followed, destroyed houses. what did the poor children do to freeze in such cold weather? sleep on the floor, the mattresses upright, those who cost

of control like uh, what to minister steve's for us so, so if you're not for upset then like what a cigna coverage on the 9th of nations go to said, and i can give that to you. if you're saying i could think kind of the time now. yeah, that may be, i think that i saw must send a very clear message to somebody that is quarterly then to a tech city and kind of gets into a tech even though run into just inside of city. and why? because if you are talking about here, i mean kind of guess in photos or some sort of working, you see the under the mission of the cnn news due to maybe off, i'm in the same as restaurants. and so is it a, has in the light to bomb any pearson or any citric shop for anybody to be to was inside the city in 2 days? because that should be consumed with the debate relation of the students who are pregnancy argentina is need to have scrap the countries previous plans to join the bricks group of nations reaching south america's largest economy, brazil. president polezza, if he has all the plans for getting his country out of its deep economic crisis mass purchased of a rupt

we saw that in the calculus around cigna and humana where it wasn't worth the risk.that's the new calculus that is happening on top of the financing and getting deals done and make the case to shareholders. >> matt, a few moments left here. we mentioned energy being a hot spot in 2023. what is the forecast for what industries are the hot ones in 2024? >> i continue to see energy continuing to have a big impact on m&a. healthcare is a large driver. pfizer and merck and abbvie will continue as companies look to balance portfolios for the new year. i do think the consumer and retail sector where we have seen little activity even with macy's this week will continue to attract some interest from private equity and others in 2024. >> matt toole with the outlook for 2024. thank you. >>> ahead on the show, the one word every investor needs to know today and why our next guest isn't betting jay powell and the fed is not easing up on the fight ght againsts in infla. we'll being back after this. what is cirkul? cirkul is the fuel you need to take flight. cirkul is the energy th

australian property company cigna acquired the property with new york retail developer rfr holding.ation plan. >>> ice lannic authority says the intensity of last night's volcanic eruption is decreasing, but they warn that's not any indication of how long the eruption will last officials say the long expected eruption is not posing any threat to life the icelandic board says traffic to and from the country is operating normally. >> thank you silvana henao. >>> just want to address a story that we've been following if you're on social media, you've seen the protests, and that is some of the protests and boycotts around starbucks because of the middle east because i just got my hands on an internal memo that the ceo of starbucks has sent out to his employees, end-of-the-year kind of memo and for the first time he does address these recent protests surrounding the company. an excerpt from the note, while i'm grateful for so much, i am concerned about the state of the world we live in there are conflicts in many parts that has unleashed violence against the innocent, hate and weaponized

cigna anhumana are thinking merging they shou take note that they will not even let a soup company mged with the pasta company, for heaven sake. we have seen a lot of full price retailers think macy's, footlocker how about off-price? is that passi■ nothing more off broken then always barga allie. they gave me great barometer to see if buyers had moved to at the close was chewy. they had been in the doghouse asf late. i think it might be overdone but i still prefer amazon. attention gamers your idle. ceo of game stop were port numbers irit we can hope tt heays something substantive. ifhe game stop blows away the estimates theyill not have to say anything he can tweet in a ice cream cone moat emoji. >> thursday will bstressful can dollar general break the anti-dlar store spell? after the close >> announc: closed on vmware acquisition and lulu lemon which has become a serial razor. i have to wonder if the o ll pronounce projections that could get the stock moving. as for lulu lemon so many are afraid to own the stock it has been hot for so long. up another 19oints today. this is a market t

we have followed cigna here in europe. that is a story in itself because of various reasons.hat has happened in the past year is if you were on shaky fundamentals, the macro environment really exposed a lot of the problems that many of the property developers were facing. to your mind, are there still going to be areas of the market that will come to surface in 2024 given that we still haven't fully felt the impact of the existing rate hikes in the economy? >> absolutely. we think this first 50% of the decline in commercial real estate is really driven by the higher interest rate environment. the next 50% of declines, which gets us to 20% to 30% of valuation, is driven by an increase in default. we haven't seen the rubber meet the road yet. the headlines will be challenging in 2024. there is an important issue in reits. the listed reits are on strong footing for a number of reasons. first, the balance sheets are strong. in the united states, the listed reits have loan-to-value less than 35%. that is a stronger footing than the producter commercial real estate market. the seco

you have switched from cvs care mark to cigna. is that going, and what are you going to gain from that switch? >> we were really happy to be able to take more than $40 billion of pharmacy spend out into the market in a competitive process, obviously chose esi. we've been working on that implementation all year. we had an early go live of one of our states in october that went really smoothly. so we're excited for that big b bang that we have coming up. our state customers and our federal partners, and also the level of transparency that we know that our customers demand, and seeing through contracts and understanding what the pricing strategies are. that's been an important thing for us because of the role we play in government sponsored health care. and then innovation. so those were part of the criteria, and cvs has been a great partner and we're excited to move forward. >> you know, we have a number of really inknow vative drugs -- innovative drugs coming on, and we saw approval to treat sickle cell disease. more than half the

back in the fact that they pulled out of the potential merger with humana, how much more run does the cignae? >> i thought the trundle back was humongous. it has gained so much from it that i would rather ring the register than buy the stock. that is all i can say. was go to lucas in minnesota. >> jim. >> happy 4th quarter. >> what is going on? >> not much of a fan of the new stock crawler but i found a wonderful company called command. >> . >> what is in the debate talk about the stock? it has a terrific aerospace business. i have to tell you that it is dirt cheap compared to what he can earn compared to what it is earning now. that is the conclusion of the lightning round. >> the lightning round is going to be sponsored by charles schwab. coming up, cramer follows trends right to where the action is. consider the tantalizing financials when mad money financials when mad money returns. the award-winning trading platforms. bring your trade focus on thinkorswim desktop with robust charting and analysis tools, including over 400 technical studies. tailor the platforms to your unique needs wit

cigna for which helps to correct hormonal disorder. >> consumers need that drug, take it once a month00 on their monthly. do. >> cdc says a new coronavirus strain called j and one is behind the increasing number of covid cases. jn 0.1 is the fastest growing variant. according to the cdc estimates are that it is responsible for more than one in 5 new covid cases in recent weeks. the symptoms appear to be similar to those caused by other strains. those include sore throat congestion, runny nose, fatigue, cough, headache, muscle aches, fever, chills, all the things that we are familiar with. also the loss taste and smell and all that doctors recommend getting the new updated covid-19 vaccines to protect against this. latest variant. >> studies have shown you know, it's nothing really to fear. but if you boost your immune system, you can you know, concrete pretty easily. the problem is not enough ball. the rubble. people are getting vaccines right and i think we really need to get that number higher. >> doctor peter chin hong with ucsf says hospital capacity is starting to go down in the

hay hired this guy from cigna to reinvent what they want to do, and i think that they're ultimately goingor break it as a health care provider or. they have the real estate to do it, they shed bad stores. there's bad news. it's a risky play, but with i think that's been priced in. by the way, it's up about 20% since last month. charles: excuse me. dade, love talking to you, appreciate it. >>> another david, nelson, one of your favorites. he's here. he says there are actually plenty of black swans float ifing around in the real estate area. by the way, that's been the hottest sector in the last month. he's here at 2:45. we're going to continue asking about conventional wisdom and whether or not the latest is wrong. neil dutta is here, he's always been on the other side of the train, and -- trade and it's served him and his clients well. he joins us next. ♪ i've been having a record year. ♪ i bet you thought before you left. ♪as a i promise that our relationship will go well beyond just investment decisions. it's the intersection of your money and your life where we can make the biggest dif

like cigna, for consumers, you need that drug. take it once a month. and they're now in a $300 on their monthly the white house says the announcement will impact roughly 75,000 seniors. the new policy is part of the president's inflation reduction congress last or more costs even measures on the we've been working to negotiate prices for prescription drugs in the medicare program for the first time. >> those negotiations are under way. you should expect to continue hearing from the federal government and progress pharmaceutical groups like pharma inc is government meddling will stifle innovation of lifesaving drugs. peter may barnett, director of access to medicine at public citizen disagrees. the white house's is standing up ensure that people start getting a fair deal for all those tens of billions we're putting in the pharmaceutical research in washington, raquel martin. >> alameda county firefighters from the holiday spirit this morning, the hosted a toad toy drive at the bayfair center in san leandro. all the donation goes towards the firefighters

now we're closer to ground level and looking out in san jose at the cigna hotel, formerly the fairmont hotel, and it's under a mostly cloudy sky. we have several decks of clouds out there this afternoon. take a look at the temperatures in san jose. boy, that's been the big winner today. flirting with 70 degrees. well above average 60 degrees apiece. santa rosa to the north, san francisco at 6059 degrees in livermore it is now 67 degrees in palo alto. okay, we're going back to the high surf warning that is in effect until 3:00 tomorrow morning. it's hard to give everybody's surf report. so i'm focusing in on ocean beach. and now we have pretty much the buoys down to ten and 15ft. as far as the waves are concerned, 8 to 16ft on friday. and 10 to 13 on saturday. and again these. are big awesome waves. so even though the warning will be allowed to expire, we'll still have a lot of lapping of water onshore. we're picking up a wave right now up to 16 off the point raised coast in 1910 off bodega bay. boy that's huge coastal flood advisory in effect for some of the lapping of the water onshor

and it miller trees and not cigna trees to climb is agreements with him. kimber reports. the aviation industry is a major source of pollution, but it's not the biggest. that's like heated worlds, minute trees estimates very sewing, disagree. collectively they're responsible for around 5 percent of global emissions research, as suggests the 1st 18 months of versus invasion of ukraine has resulted in emissions equivalent to the country, the size of belgium over similar time period. and not 31 conflict, the emissions come from the production of items and equipment, supply chain and the actual use of the weapons. because they won't accept as governments avoid disclosing detailed information. so i think national security concerns. sometime it's starting to see this as an excuse. we're asking for reporting individual biases or individual missions. we could understand that that might be a national security issue, but waiting for a minute tree across the we, we can't see that that dates are, is a problem. ministries also not obliged to abide by international agreements such as th

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